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ITS EISE, GOYEENMENT AND 
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PEADER, your earnest attention is asked to the evidence 
herein adduced in support of the claim contained in the title, 
in the full confidence that you will be deeply impressed with 
the probability of its truth or correctness, if not altogether convinced 
of it. If you are not convinced, then you must take some other inter- 
pretation for the symbols than those which have been accepted by 
expositors for mamy years ; and you must show that the order of 
events as stated to occur, does, by your interpretation, bring you to 
the rise of a government, answering in all respects to the one pre- 
dicted, and which we claim to be this government of these United 
States and no other. 

We claim that this evidence is too conclusive to excuse its disre- 
gard by any Christian, especially a citizen of these United States, 
or any member of this nation ; for if this government is mentioned 
in the Bible, and its character and destiny even hinted at, it mani- 
festly becomes the privilege and duty of every one concerned in it 
to diligently seek all the information obtainable concerning them. 
The nation thus has forced upon its attention and compliance cer- 
tain duties, from which it must not, dare not shrink, while it also 
has numerous and precious promises of prosperity, development and 
stability. True reforms, therefore, will be inaugurated and vigor- 
ously prosecuted, with the full expectation of success. 

But we will not occupy space in enumerating the effects of a gen- 
eral acceptance of the position we take ; they will readily occur to 
most of our readere. Neither do we think it necessary to furnish 
any thing in the way of an apology for seeking in the Bible for 
statements concerning this republic. The finding of such state- 
ments effectually dispenses with all such apologies, even if it was not 
evident to the most casual reader of the Bible that much of its space 
is occupied with statements concerning many nations. 



Indeed skeptics have brought as an argument against the inspira- 
tion of the Bible, the statement, that while it mentions many com- 
paratively insignificant governments with much detail, yet not a 
word is said about this great republic. And from the standpoint of 
relationship to the Christian church, the objection is well taken; 
for if the nations, and even tribes, of antiquity have been put on the 
Bible record because they were either friendly or opposed to the 
ancient Jewish church, how certainly should we expect that the na- 
tions which either persecuted or defended the Christian church, 
would be pointed out? The object of our eifort is to show, that 
chief among the latter is this republic ? 

The writer disclaims any purpose or desire of casting odium on 
any class of persons who may appear to be unfavorably alluded to in 
this treatise. His desire and object in such allusions is to present 
the historical facts as they bear on the claim he advances: while he 
would by no means encourage blindness or indifference towards the 
evil workings of the anti-Christian systems, yet he does not forget 
that the multitude who have been taught to revere them, are not to 
be charged with the making of the systems or with a clear appre- 
hension of the evil results of their workings upon themselves, or the 
enormity of the injustice of forcing others to adopt their doctrines 
and practices. 



fN support of the opinion, that all the truth or truths which the 
Bible was written to convey to us, have not yet been appre- 
hended by expositors, and may not be for perhaps many years 
to come, we offer the statement of Rev. John Robinson, pastor of 
the Puritans, made in his farewell address to them, just before they 
embarked for America. 

This development of truth will no doubt be made chiefly concern- 
ing the privileges and duties of Christians as constituting a body 
politic, while some views of spiritual things may be somewhat modi- 
fied. 

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We look for a clearer light regarding civil aifairs, because the 
statements concerning spiritual things are so clear and explicit, 
and we may properly say understood, that but comparatively 
little change can be confidently expected in them. As a Christian 
nation we already occupy a peculiar position among the nations of 
the earth, and in perhaps many respects we are to be in our relations 
to other nations the antitype of the ancient Jews. 

But, to the statement of Rev. J. Robinson. We copy it from 
Robert Baird's Religion in America, page 101. This farewell 
charge is related in Edward Winslow's "Brief Narrative." It is 
here subjoined in the language in which it is given by that author, 
from whom alone it became known to the world: 

"We are now ere long to part asunder, and the Lord knoweth 
whether ever he (their pastor, John Robinson,) should live to see 
our faces again. But whether the Lord had appointed it or not, he 
charged us before God and His blessed angels, to follow him no 
farther than he followed Christ ; and if God should reveal any thing 
to us by any other instrument of His, to be as ready to receive it as 
ever we were to receive any truth by his ministry, for he was very 



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confident the Lord had more truth and light yet to break forth out 
of His holy word. He took occasion also, miserably to bewail the 
state and condition of the reformed churches, who were come to a 
period in religion, and would no further go than the instruments of 
their reformation. As for example, the Lutherans, they could not 
be drawn to go beyond what Luther saw, for whatever part of God's 
will He had further imparted and revealed unto Calvin, they will 
rather die than embrace it. And so also saith he, you see the 
Calvinists they stick where he left them, a misery much to be 
lamented, for though they were precious, shining lights in their 
times, yet God hath not revealed His whole will to them ; and were 
they now living, saith he, they would be as ready and willing to 
embrace further light as that they had received. 

" Here also he put us in mind of our church covenant, at least 
that part of it whereby we promise and covenant with God and one 
another to receive whatsoever light or truth shall be made known to 
us from His Avritten word; but withal exhorted us to take heed 
what we received for truth, and well examine and compare it, and 
weigh it with other scriptures of truth before Ave received it. For, 
saith he, it is not possible the Christian world should come so lately 
out of such thick anti-Christian darkness, and that full perfection of 
knowledge should break forth at once." 

Such is the remarkable farewell address, as reported by WinsloAV. 
"Words," says Prince in his annals, speaking of it, " almost astonish- 
ing in that age of low and universal bigotry which then prevailed in 
the English nation, wherein this truly great and learned man (John 
Robinson) seemed to be the only divine who was capable of rising 
into a noble freedom of thinking and practicing in religious matters, 
and even of urging such an equal liberty on his own people. He 
labors to take them oif from their attachment to him, that they 
might be more entirely free to search and follow the scriptures." 



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We will now proceed to the examination of the Bible for some 
prediction of the rise of this republic. Such we claim to find in the 
2d and 7th chapters of Daniel. (The reader will find the text at 
the close of the work.) The first of these chapters records a dream 
of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, B. C. 603, and the interpreta- 
tion of it by Daniel, to whom the dream of the king, as well as the 
interpretation of it, was supernaturally shown. 

In the 31st verse Daniel commences the explanation, '•'■Thou, 0, 
king, saivest" (or was seeing), meaning an attentive or prolonged ob- 
servation, "anc^ behold a great image'' (or one image that was grand). 
The expression, "image," meaning primarily a shadow, and then 
any thing that represents any thing. The word is applied to man, 
(in Genesis, 1st chapter, 27th verse), where he is said to be created 
in the image of God. It is a word often used to denote idols, which 
are supposed to be a representation of the gods, either in their forms 
or characters. '•''This great image, ivhose brightness was excellent, 
stood before thee, and the form thereof loas terrible.'' A human 
form, but, partly owing to the materials, and partly to what might 
be almost called an appearance or expression of life in it, its appear- 
ance was '"''bright and terrible." ^'This image's head was of fine 
gold," good gold — unalloyed; "/m's breast and his arms of silver, 
his belly and thighs of brass, his legs of iron; his feet part of iron 
and part of clay," or as stated in the 41st verse, '■'•the feet and toes 
part of potter's clay and part of iron;" and again more explicitly in 
the 42d verse, " the toes of the feet loere part of iron and part of 
clay." 

These different metals are thus interpreted by Daniel. '•'•Tliou 
(Nebuchadnezzar), 0, king, art a king of kings; for the Crod of 
heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power and strength and glory." 
^''And wherever the children of men divell, the beasts of the field and 
foivls of the heaveii hath he given unto thy hand, and hath made 



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thee r'uler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.'' "All the 
ancient histories " (says Bishop Newton, as quoted by Albert Barnes), 
" almost are lost, but there are some fragments even of heathen his- 
torians yet preserved Avhich speak of this mighty conqueror and his 
extended empire. Berosus, in Josephus, says that he held in sub- 
jection Egypt, Syria, Phoenicia, Arabia, and by his exploits sur- 
passed all the Chaldeans and Babylonians who reigned before him. 
That he led his array as far as the pillars of Hercules (or straits of 
Gibralter), in Spain, and thence to Thrace and Pontus. '■''And 
after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee."" 

This refers to the Medo-Persian kingdom established by Cyrus 
about 65 years after this dream, or 538 years before the birth of 
Christ, and which continued 205 years, until the overthrow of 
Darius Codomanus, 333 before Christ, at which time arises the third 
kingdom of brass, '■'' which shall hear rule over all the earth.'' It is 
well known that the Macedonian empire, founded by Alexander the 
Great, succeeded to the territory which had been occupied by the 
Medo-Persian empire (represented by the silver of the image), and 
which continued, not only during Alexander's life time, but the 
symbol includes also the rule of his four successors, until the con- 
quest of the same territory by the Roman empire, represented by 
the iron of the image. This (Roman) empire succeeded the Mace- 
donian — about 'oQ years before Christ. Let us now turn to the 7th 
chapter of Daniel, where we will find the record of a vision or dreams 
he had about 48 years after his explanation of the "great image." 
"/w the first year of Belshassar, king of Babylon, Daniel had a 
dream, and visions of his head upon his bed: then he ivrote the dream, 
and told the sum of the matters." Belshazzar was the last of the 
kings of Babylon. The account of his last feast, when the hand- 
writing appeared on the wall, announcing the doom of his kingdom, 
is given in the 5th chapter of Daniel (2d verse, 7th chapter). '■'■Dan- 



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iel 8pake and said, I saw in my vision hy niyht, and behold., the four 
winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea'' (3cl verse), '■'■and 
four great beasts came up from tJie sea, diverse one from another.'" 
We have now come to the point in this dream of Daniel which corres- 
ponds to that of the vision of the great image (2d chapter, 32d verse). 
" This image's head was of fine gokl;" the head of the image is here 
symbolized by ''the firsf (beast), Avhich "was like a lion, and had 
eagle's wings. I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it 
tras lifted, up from the earth., and made stand upon the feet as a 
man, and a ina.ns heart was given it." I quote from the notes of 
Albert Barnes in the exposition of the text. He says, " Now in 
regard to the application of this symbol (of the lion) there can be 
but little difficulty, and there is almost no difference of opinion 
among expositors. All, or nearly all, agree that it refers to the 
kingdom of Babylon, of which Nebuchadnezzar was the head. 
" Thou, or thy kingdom, is this head of gold." 

(5th verse.) '•'^And behold another beast, a second (rising after 
the first beast or lion, out of the sea), like to a bear, and it raised 
up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between 
the teeth of it; and they said thus unto it: Arise, devour much 
flesh." The application of this symbol is evidently to the kingdom 
which succeeded the Babylonian. This was represented by the sil- 
ver portion of the great image, and the kingdom of the Medes and 
Persians, or Medo-Persian empire, is undoubtedly referred to. 

((3th verse.) ^'And after this I beheld, and lo, another, like a 
leopard, which had upon the back of it four ivings of a foiol; the 
beast had also four heads, and dominion was given to it." Here we 
have the "leopard" given as the symbol for the same kingdom 
which was represented in tJie image by the ^^ brass," and the refer- 
ence is quite undoubtedly to the Macedonian empire under Alexan- 
der the Great, and his four successors. 



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(7th verse.) ^^ After this I saw in the night visions, and behold 
a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it 
had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped 
the residue with the feet of it: and it laas diverse from all the beasts 
that tvere before it; and it had ten horns." This symbol corres- 
ponds to the iron part of the image, — the ten horns corresponding 
to the ten toes of the image, and the reference is according to most 
interpreters, and the evident suitableness of the symbols to the 
Roman empire. 

I quote from Barnes: ''The fourth kingdom symbolized by the 
fourth beast is accurately represented by the Roman power. This 
is true in regard to the place which that power would occupy in the 
history of the world, on the supposition that the first three referred 
to the Babylonians, the Medo-Persian, and the Macedonian. On 
this supposition every thing in the symbol is fulfilled. The fourth 
beast, so mighty, so terrific, so powerful, so unlike all the others, 
— armed with great iron teeth and witli claws of brass — trampling 
down and stamping on all the earth, well represents the Roman 
dominion. The symbol is such as we would now use to represent 
that power, and in every respect that empire was well represented by 
the symbol." 

(8th verse.) Daniel continues: "i considered the horns, and, 
behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom 
tliere were three of the first liorns plucked up b// the roots: and be- 
hold, in this horn tvere eyes lilce the eyes of a man, and a mouth 
speaking great things." And in tlie 20th verse: ''that spake eery 
great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows." And 
21st verse: "/ beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, 
and prevailed against them: (22d verse), until the ancient of days 
came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High, and 
the time came that the saints possessed tlte kingdom." 



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(25th verse.) It is further said of this horn, as an enemy of the 
saints, that "he shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and 
think to chayige times and laivs: and they shall he given into his 
hands until a time, times, and the dividing of time.'' (26th verse.) 
^^But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, 
to consume and destroy it unto the end.'' (27th verse.) '"''And the 
kingdom and donmiion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the 
whole heavens, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most 
High, whose kingdom is an eve^'lastiyig kingdom, and all dominions 
shall serve and obey him." 

We wish now to call attention to the order of the eveyits mentioned 
in the 2d and 7th chapters, of which we have partly given an expla- 
nation. As previously stated, the first great event is the Babylonian 
empire; next the Medo-Persian ; next the Grecian or Macedonian 
empire, and next the Roman empire. In the explanation of the 
parts of the image referring to this empire — which were the legs, 
feet and toes (of iron and clay) — there is a distinct statement that the 
kingdom or empire "'would be divided," according to the number of 
the toes, into ten parts ; the word divided not referring exclusively, 
if primarily, to the want of union between the iron and the clay, of 
which the feet and toes were composed. If the empire had not been 
divided into ten parts, there would have been no significance in toes 
as a symbol ; and especially is this true of the statement in the 42c? 
verse, where the toes represent the whole Roman kingdom. '■'■And 
as the toes of the feet tvere part of iron and part of clay, so the kiiig- 
dom [whole kingdom in ten parts,) shall be partly strong and partly 
broken or brittle." (43d verse.) '■''And whereas thou sawest iron 
mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves ivith the seed of 
men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is 7iot 
mixed ivith clay." 

Here the expression, " shall mingle themselves ivith the seed (chil- 



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dren) of men,'" is explained to mean especially the mingling of the 
bai-barians — such as the Goths, Huns, Vandals — with the Romans, 
and Avhich very act was the dividing of the empire into ten parts or 
kingdoms. 

(44th verse, 2d chapter.) '•'•Arid in the days of these kings [or 
kingdom,) shall the Grod of heaven set up a kingdom which shall 
never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, 
but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it 
shall Stan d forever. 

x\ll the statements made concerning the fourth or Roman king- 
dom, in the 42d, 43d and 44th verses, relate and apply to it as 
divided into ten parts. "J/i the days of these kings,'' (or kingdoms), 
then, (referring to the symbol of ten toes,) ^^ shall the God of heaven 
set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed.'' This kingdom, 
then, is set up during the time (or at some date after its commence- 
ment,) in which the Roman empire was divided into ten parts. As 
this is more explicitly stated in the 7 th chapter, we will turn to it. 
In the 7th verse we have a description of the fourth beast, closing 
thus, "aw6? it had ten horns." These horns correspond to the toeS 
of the image, and signify ten kingdoms existing at the same time' 
In the eighth verse, "/ considered the horns, and behold, there 
came up among them another little horn, before whom there were 
three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and behold, in this 
horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great 
things." 

(9th verse.) "i beheld till the thrones were cast doivn"' (or 
placed,) '■'and the ancient of days did sit, whose garment ivas white 
as snoiv and the hair of his head like the pure ivool: his throne 
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(lOtli verse.) "^ fiery stream issued and came forth from before 
him: thousand., thousands ministered unto him, arid ten times ten 
thousand stood before hirn; the judgrnent was set, arid the books 
were opened." 

(11th verse.) "/ beheld then because of the voice of the great 
words ivhich the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, 
and his body destroyed and given to the burning flame.'' 

(12th verse.) "-As concerning the rest of the {four) beasts they 
had their dominion taken aivay; yet their lives tvere prolonged for 
a season and time." 

(13th verse.) "/ saw in the night visions, and behold, one like 
the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the 
ancient of days, and they brought him near before him." 

(14th verse.) ^''And there was given him dominion, and glory, 
and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and language, should serve 
him: his domiriion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass 
away, and his kingdom that which shall riot be destroyed." 

Here we will stop to inquire when does the ^^ ancient of days" 
sit ? whose " throne was like the fiery Jiame, aud his wheels as 
burning fire." Daniel says in the 21st verse, "i beheld, and the 
same (little) horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against 
them; (22d verse,) until the ancient of days came, aud judgment 
was given to the saints of the Most Sigh, and the tirne came that 
the saints possessed the kingdom." Here it is distinctly stated that 
the " little horn " is to prevail in war against the saints, until the 
coming of the ^''ancient of days," and of course the ''''ancient of 
days " does not come until the end of the time during which this horn 
thus prevails. If, then, we can learn how long this "little horn" 
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tell how long after the ten horns rose, or the Roman empire was 
divided into ten parts, how long it must be after this until the 
^^ ancient of daps" comes. We wish to learn this, because it is 
manifestly after the ^''ancient of days'' comes, that ^'■one like the 
Son of Man (13th verse) came with the clouds of heaven, and came 
to the ''ancient of days,''' (while "the judgment was set, and the 
books were opened,") ^'■and they brought him (who is like the Son 
of Man,) near before him," (the ancient of days). Thtn and there 
ivas given him dominion, and glory, and a hingdom," ^c; also at 
the same time, or when the '•'■ ancient of days" comes, ^''judgment 
was given to the saints of the Most High; and the time came that 
the saints possessed the kingdom." The duration of the '■^little 
horn" which fixes the date of these important events, is stated to 
Daniel by the angel who gives him the explanation of the fourth 
beast, to be for '•« time and times, and the dividitig of time." Let 
us read the 24th, 25th and 2Gth verses: ^^And the ten horns out 
of this (fourth) kingdom, are ten kings that shall arise: arid an- 
other (horn or kingdom,) shall rise after tlum; and he shall be 
diverse from the first, (ten horns, as having eyes, arid a mouth 
that spake very great things — see 20th verse). And lie shall sub- 
due three kings (25th verse), and he shall speak great words 
against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the 
Most High, arid think (or hope) to change times and laws: and 
they (the saints) shall be given into his hands until a time and 
times, and the dividing of time." But the judgment shall sit, and 
they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it 
unto the end. And the kingdom (27th verse), and dominion, and 
the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given 
to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an 
everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him." 
Here, then, the duration of the little horn is given as for a " time, 
and times, and the dividing of time." We hardly think it necea- 



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sary to give the list of authorities and their reasons for explaining 
this expression as signifying three years and a half — (time, one 
year; times, two years; and dividing of time, half a year). This 
would make forty-two months, or twelve hundred and sixty days, — 
and taking each day for a year (which is the rule in prophecy), it is* 
so many (1260) years. It is 1260 years, then, from the time or 
period when the Roman empire was divided into ten parts, or however 
long after that, that the little horn rose, until the " ancient of days" 
comes, until the kingdom is given to "owe like the Son of Man^^ 
until ''Hlie time came that the saints possessed the kingdom." 

Let us inquire then what learned men have stated regarding the 
division of the Roman empire into ten parts : 

I quote from Barnes: "Out of this one sovereignty, represented 
by the fourth beast, ten powers or sovereignties, represented by the 
ten horns, were to arise. Now, one has only to look into any his- 
torical work to see how in fact the Roman power became distributed 
and broken up in this way into a large number of kingdoms, occupy- 
ing the portions of the world once governed by Rome." To see 
that there is no difficulty in making out the number ten, I cast my eye 
on the historical chart of Lyman, and found the following kingdoms 
and sovereignties specified as occupying the same territory which 
was possessed by the Roman empire and springing from that, viz: 
The Vandals, Alians, Suevi, Heruli, Franks, Visigoths, Ostrogoths, 
Burgundians, Lombards, Britons. The Roman empire as such had 
ceased, and the power was thus distributed. Calmet admits this 
division of the empire into ten parts, and quotes Berangaud, Bos- 
suet and DuPin. 

And Machiaveli, with no design of furnishing an illustration of 
this prophecy, and probably with no recollection of it, has men- 
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Visigoths, in Pannonia; third, Sueves and Alians, in Gascoign and 
Spain ; fourth, the Vandals, in Africa ; fifth, the Franks, in France ; 
sixth, the Burgundians, in Burgundy ; seventh, the Heruli and 
Turingi, in Italy ; eighth, the Saxons and Angles, in Briton ; ninth, 
*"the Huns, in Hungary; tenth, the Lombards, at first upon the 
Danube and afterwards in Italy. 

But as we are after dates, we refer to the chronologer, Bishop 
Lloyd, as to when this division began, as quoted by the commenta- 
tor Scott. He gives it thus: 1st, the Huns, A. D. 356; 2d, the 
Ostrogoths, A. D, 377; 3d, the Visigoths, A. D. 378; 4th, the 
Franks, A. D. 407 ; 5th, the Vandals, A. D. 407 ; 6th, the Sueves 
and Alians, A. D. 407 ; 7th, the Burgundians, A. D. 407 ; 8th, 
the Heruli and Rugii, A. D. 476 ; 9th, the Saxons, A. D. 476 ; 
10th, the Longobards (or Lombards,) in the north of Germany, A. 
J). 483 ; in Hungary, A. D. 526. The reader will remember that 
it is stated in the 24th verse, ^^ and another shall rise after them'' 
(the ten), '"''and (25tli verse,) he shall speak great words against the 
Most High," &c., and shall continue thus for 1260 years. Since 
the last of the ten kingdoms does not take its position (or rise,) un- 
til the year A. D. 526, the eleventh one, or little horn, cannot 
appear in a decided form until after that date (A. D. 526), and as 
it continued 1260 years, these numbers added, give 1786 as the 
earliest date for the coming of the ancient of days, and the giving 
of a kingdom to one like the Son of Man." 

What then is intended by this " little horn'' which was to continue 
1260 years? The writer does not intend to enter upon a discussion 
of this question, for the excellent reason that it has already been 
most thoroughly examined, and little, if any thing additional, can 
be advanced regarding it. We refer the reader to the many exposi- 
tors who have searched history for such a described power as would 
meet or satisfy the account here and elsewhere given of what this 



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"little horn" was to be and do. Our decided opinion, however, is 
that of those who refer the symbol (little horn,) to the Papacy. 
(See Barnes' notes on Daniel, page 323). If, then, we go back 
1260 years from the birth of this nation (the United States of 
America), in 1789, (when George Washington was inaugurated and 
the new constitution became the organic law,) we shall find a decided 
epoch in the rise of Roman Catholicism. 1789 less 1263, gives 529 
as this date, which is the second year of the reign of Justinian as 
emperor of the Roman empire. He issued his code or collection of 
laws in this year (529). Of their bearing upon Roman Catholicism, 
the historian Gibbon says: "His code, and more especially his 
novels (or supplemental enactments), confirm and enlarge the privi- 
leges of the- clergy, and in every dispute between a monk and a 
layman, the partial judge was inclined to pronounce that truth and 
innocence, and justice, were always on the side of the church." And 
as more clearly showing what were his religious views and practices 
which were so largely embodied in his laws and decisions, we will 
further quote from Gibbon's description of them: "It affords an 
unfavorable prejudice that his theology should form a very promi- 
nent feature of his portrait. The sovereign sympathized with his 
subjects in their superstitious reverence for living and departed 
saints. * * * In his public and private devotions the emperor 
was assiduous and exemplary ; his prayers, vigils and fasts (he often 
went two days and nights without food,) displayed the austere pen- 
ance of a monk; his fancy was amused by the hope or belief of 
personal inspiration. He had secured the patronage of the Virgin, 
and St. Michael, the archangel. Constantinople and the provinces 
of the east were decorated with the monuments of his religion. To 
promote the temporal and spiritual interest of the church was the 
serious business of his life ; and the duty of father of his country 
was often sacrificed to that of defender of the (Roman Catholic,) 



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'faith.' The controversies of the times were congenial to his tem- 
per and understanding." 

" While the barbarians invaded the provinces, while the victorious 
legions marched under the banners of Belisarius and Narses, Justi- 
nian was content to vanquish at the head of a synod. Toleration 
was not the virtue of the times, and indulgence to rebels has seldom 
been the virtue of princes. The reign of Justinian was a uniform, 
yet various scene of persecution ; and he appears to have surpassed 
his indolent predecessors, both in the contrivance of his laws and 
the rigor of their execution. The term of three months was as- 
signed for the conversion or exile of all heretics (anti- Catholics). 
The Montanists, of Phrygia, on the approach of the Catholic priests 
and soldiers, grasped with alacrity the crown of martyrdom. The 
conventicle and the congregation perished in the flames. The Arian 
clergy, of Constantinople, whose wealth and magnificence equalled 
that of the senators, was despoiled by Justinian. 

"The remaining pagans within the empire were compelled to be 
baptized. Seventy thousand pagans were detected and converted in 
Asia, Phrygia, Lydia and Caria; ninety-six churches were built 
for the new proselytes, and linen vestments, bibles and liturgies, and 
vases of gold and silver were supplied by the pious munificence of 
Justinian. 

" The Jews were oppressed by a vexatious law which compelled 
them to observe the festival of Easter the same day on which it was 
celebrated by the Christians (Catholics). The Samaritans, of Pal- 
estine, were compelled to be baptized by Justinian, and they rebell- 
ed. They were finally subdued by the regular army, but not until 
20,000 were slain, and twenty thousand sold to Persia and India; 
it has been computed that 100,000 Roman subjects were extirpated 
in the Samaritan war, which converted the once fruitful province 



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into a howling wilderness. But in the creed of Justinian the guilt 
of murder could not be applied to the slaughter of unbelievers, and 
he piously labored with fire and sword to establish the unity of the 
Christian (Catholic) faith. The reconciliation of the Greeks and 
Latins established the tome of (pope) St. Lea as the creed of the 
emperor and the empire." 

And he further states concerning the feelings of the Roman 
Catholics towards him (Justinian): " The Catholics were attached 
to Justinian, who, between the Nestorian and Eutychian heresies, 
trod the narrow path of inflexible and intolerant orthodoxy." * * * 
(page 22). "After a schism of thirty-four (34) years he reconciled 
the proud and angry spirit of the Roman pontiff', and spread among 
the Latins a favorable report of his pi«us respect for the apostolic 
see. The thrones of the east were filled with Catholic bishops de- 
voted to his interest, the clergy and the monks were gained by his 
liberality, and the people were taught to pray for their future sov- 
ereign, the hope and pillar of the true (Roman Catholic) religion." 

Let us now return to the consideration of the laws of Justinian : 
(A. D. 527). "When Justinian ascended the throne, the reformation 
of the Roman jurisprudence was an arduous but indispensable task. 
In the space of ten centuries the infinite variety of laws and legal 
opinions had filled many thousand volumes which no fortune could 
purchase and no capacity could digest. Books could not easily be 
found ; and the judges, poor in the midst of riches, were reduced to 
the exercise of their illiterate discretion. The subjects of the Greek 
provinces were ignorant of the Latin language that disposed of their 
lives and property; and the barbarous dialect of the Latins was im- 
perfectly studied in the academies of Berytus and Constantinople. 
As an Illysian soldier, that idiom was familiar to the infancy of 
Justinian. His youth had been instructed by the lessons of juris- 
prudence, and his imperial choice selected the most learned civilians 



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of the east to labor with their soyereign in the work of reformation. 
The theory of professors was assisted by the practice of advocates 
and the experience of magistrates ; and the whole undertaking was 
animated by the spirit of Trihonian. This extraordinary man was a 
native of Side, in Pamphylia; and his genius, like that of Bacon, 
embraced, as his own, all the business and knowledge of his age. 
Tribonian composed a double panegyric of Justinian, and the life 
of the philosopher Theodotus. * * * * Q^l^^g council of Jus- 
tinian listened to his eloquence and wisdom." 

Tribonian adored the virtues of his gracious master (Justinian), 
and he affected a pious fear that Justinian, like Elijah or Eomulus, 
would be snatched into the air and translated alive to the mansions 
of celestial glory." "In the first year of his reign (527,) he directed 
the faithful Tribonian and nine learned associates to revise the ordi- 
nances of his predecessors, as they were contained, since the time 
of Hadrian, in the Gregorian, Hermogenian and Theodosian codes; 
to purge the errors and contradictions, to retrench whatever was 
obsolete or superfluous, and to select the wise and salutary laws best 
adapted to the practice of the tribunals and the use of his subjects. 
The work was accomplished in fourteen months; and the twelve (12) 
books or tables, which the new decimvirs produced, might be de- 
signed to imitate the labors of their Roman predecessors. The new 
code of Justinian was honored with his name and confirmed by his 
royal signature : authentic transcripts were multiplied by the pens 
of notaries and scribes ; they were transmitted to the magistrates of 
the European, the Asiatic, and afterward the African provinces, and 
the laiv of the empire was proclaimed on solemn festivals at the 
doors of churches. A more arduous operation was still behind; to 
extract the spirit of jurisprudence from the decisions and conjec- 
tures, the questions and disputes of the Roman civilians. Seven- 
teen lawyers, with Tribonian at their head, were appointed by the 



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emperor to exercise an absolute jurisdiction over the "Vforks of their 
predecessors. The rapid composition (by them) of the digests or 
pandects, in three years, will deserve praise or censure according to 
the merit of the execution. The edition of this great work was de- 
layed a month after that of the institutes. * * * The code, the 
pandects and the institutes were declared to be the legitimate system 
of civil jurisprudence; they alone were to be admitted in the tribu- 
nals, and they alone were taught in the academies of Rome, Con- 
stantinople and Berytus. Justinian addressed to the senate and 
provinces his eternal oracles; and his pride, under the mask of 
piety, ascribed the consummation of this great design to the support 
and inspiration of the deity. As the legislator of the empire, Justin- 
ian might repeal the acts of the Antonines, or condemn, as seditious, 
the free principles, which were maintained by the last of the Roman 
lawyers. But the existence of past facts is placed beyond the reach of 
despotism, and the emperor was guilty of fraud and forgery when he 
corrupted the integrity of their text, inscribed with their venerable 
names, the words and ideas of his servile reign, and suppressed by 
the hand of power the pure and authentic copies of their senti- 
ments." He continues: "It is the first care of a reformer to pre- 
vent any future reformation. To maintain the text of the jjo-'^^dficts, 
the institutes and the code, the use of ciphers and abbreviations was 
rigorously proscribed; and as Justinian recollected that the per- 
petual edict had been buried under the weight of commentators, he 
denounced the punishment of forgery against the rash civilians who 
should presume to interpret or pervert the will of their sovereign. 
Every year," or according to the historian Procopius, " each day of his 
long reign was marked by some legal innovation, many of his acts 
were rescinded by himself. * * * These incessant, and for the 
most part trifling, alterations can be only explained by the venal 
spirit of a prince, who sold without shame his judgments and his 



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laws." "This (Justinian) code is obeyed or respected by the na- 
tions of modern Europe." 

We will now glance at the support and establishing of the Roman 
Catholic church by Justinian, as eftected by the buildings he erect- 
ed. Of these Gibbon says: 

(Volume 3, page 41, Gibbon.) "The edifices of Justinian were 
cemented with the blood and treasure of his people, but those stately 
structures appeared to announce the prosperity of the empire, and 
actually displayed the skill of their architects (page 42). The 
genius of Anthemius and his colleague, Isadore, the Milesian, was 
excited and employed by a prince whose taste for architecture had 
degenerated into a mischievous and costly passion. Within forty 
days after the burning of the church of St. Sophia (at Constanti- 
nople, during the Nika (vanquish) sedition, Justinian undertook its 
rebuilding." 

" The design or plan was formed by the architect, Afithemius, and 
his genius directed the hands of ten thousand workmen, whose pay- 
ment in pieces of fine silver was never delayed beyond the evening." 

The emperor, himself clad in a linen tunic, surveyed each day 
their rapid progress, and encouraged their diligence by his famili- 
arity, his zeal and his rewards. "It was dedicated five years eleven 
months and ten days after its first foundation, and in the midst of 
the solemn festival, Justinian exclaimed with devout vanity, ' Glory 
be to God who has thought me worthy to accomplish so great a 
work. I have vanquished thee, Solomon!'" 

"He (Gibl)on) states the lowest computation of the cost of this 
church building and its vessels and ornaments, was five million dol- 
lars. In Constantinople alone, and the adjacent suburbs, he dedi- 
cated twenty-five churches to the honor of Christ, the Virgin, and 
the saints ; most of these churches were decorated with marble and 



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gold. He also built the churcli of St. John, at Ephesus, and one 
to the Virgin, at Jerusalem. The pious munificence of the emperor 
was diffused over the Holy Land. He built monasteries for both 
sexes, sank wells and founded hospitals for the relief of pilgrims. 
Almost every saint in the calendar acquired the honors of a temple." 
Just 1260 years after the year (527) when Justinian was prepar- 
ing his code, occurred these transactions. In May, 1787, represen- 
tatives from all the States, excepting Rhode Island, met in conven- 
tion in the State House, in Philadelphia, with Washington as 
President. They soon perceived that the ^'■Articles of Confedera- 
tion,'" by which the colonies had hitherto been united, allowed too 
much independent state sovereignty for the safety of the national 
life ; that a greater centralization of power was all important to the 
existence of the republic. Keeping this in view, the convention 
framed the national constitution. This constitution became the 
organic law of the republic on March 4th, 1789, and George Wash- 
ington was inaugurated first President, April 30th, 1789. 

Of course the writer has nothing to do with fixing the reign of 
Justinian as an epoch of the Roman empire, nor yet has he been 
the first to insist that it is one of the epochs in the rise of the "little 
horn," or the Papacy; this has been advanced by Faher many years 
ago in his large work on the Prophecies, and he is frequently and 
favorably quoted by the commentator "Scott." Some of the state- 
ments concerning the reign of Justinian as an epoch, are these: 
" The events of his reign excite our curious attention by their num- 
ber, variety and importance," and again, "I shall now proceed to 
describe the reign of Justinian, which will deserve and occupy an 
ample space." 

In his manual of General History, John J. Anderson, says: "The 
famous reign of Justinian, over the empire of the east, commenced 
in 527 A. D., and lasted thirty-eight years." "It is remarkable 



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for the code of laws which the emperor caused to be framed, and for 
the victories of Belisarius and Narses, the two greatest generals of 
the age." ''The former defeated the Vandals, in Africa, in two 
great battles, and recovered the provinces which they had subdued. 
He next reduced Sicily," &c. His reign is remarkable for the 
number and destructiveness of the earthquakes, and the depopula- 
tion caused by the pestilence and famine. 

We will close this account of Justinian's reign with a quotation 
concerning Theodora, his Avife. 

"In the exercise of supreme power, the first act of Justinian was 
to divide it (the supreme power,) with the woman wliom he loved, 
t\iQ faynous Theodora, whose stra7ige elevation cannot be applauded 
as the triumph of female virtue. Theodora had been an actress — 
her skill was confined to the pantomime arts; she excelled in buf- 
foon characters, * * * gj^e left Constantinople in company 
with Ecebolus, who had obtained the government of the African 
pentapolis. Ecebolus soon rejected an expensive or faithless com- 
panion ; she was reduced at Alexandria to extreme distress. In the 
most abject state of her fortune and reputation, some vision, either 
of sleep or fancy, had Avhispered to Theodora the pleasing assurance 
that she was destined to become the spouse of a potent monarch. 
She returned from Paphlagonia to Constantinople; assumed, like a 
skillful actress, a more decent character ; relieved her poverty by the 
laudable industry of spinning wool, and affected a life of chastity 
and solitude in a small house which she afterward chanijed into a 
magnificent temple. Her beauty, assisted by art or accident, soon 
attracted, captivated, and fixed the [flien) patrician, Justinian, who 
already reigned with absolute sway under the name of his uncle 
(Justin, then emperor in name). Justinian delighted to ennoble 
and enrich the object of his affection; he was determined, perhaps 
by religious scruples, to bestow on her the sacred and legal character 



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of wife. But the laws of Rome (Roman empire,) expressly prohib- 
ited the marriage of a senator Avith any female who had been a 
theatrical performer. The empress (his aunt) refused to accept her 
for her niece, and even Vigilantia, the superstitious mother of Jus- 
tinian, was seriously apprehensive lest the levity and ai'rogance of 
the artful Theodora might corrupt the piety and happiness of her 
son. These obstacles were removed by the inflexible constancy of 
Juntinian. He patiently waited the death of the empress (his aunt); 
he despised the tears of his mother, who soon sank under the weight 
of her affliction; and a law ivas promulgated in the name of the 
emperor Justin, which permitted those females who had been ac- 
tresses, to contract a legal union with the most illustrious of the 
Romans. This indulgence was speedily followed by the solemn nup- 
tials of Justinian and Theodora, A. D. 525. Her dignity was gradu- 
ally exalted with that of her lover ; and as soon as Justin had in- 
vested his nephew Avith the purple, the patriarch (or bishop,) of 
Constantinople placed the diadem on the heads of the emperor and 
empress of the east. But the usual honors trhich the severiti/ of 
Roman manners had alloived to the wives of princes., could not sat- 
isfy either the ambition of Theodora or the fondness of Justinian. 
He seated her on the throne as an equal and independent colleague 
in the sovereignty of the empire, and an oath of allegiance was im- 
posed on the governors of the provinces in the joint names of Jus- 
tinian and Theodora. 

"• The eastern world fell prostrate before the genius and fortune of 
the bear keeper's daughter; and she who had polluted the theatre 
of Constantinople, was adored as a queen in the same city, by grave 
magistrates, orthodox (Roman Catholic) bishops, victorious generals 
and captive monarchs. 

"From a motive of shame or contempt, she often declined'the ser- 
vile homage of the multitude, escaped from the odious light of the 



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capital, and passed the greatest part of the year in the palaces and 
gardens which were pleasantly seated on the sea coast of the Pro- 
pontis and the Bosphorus. Her private hours were devoted to the 
prudent as well as grateful care of her beauty, the luxury of the 
bath and table, and the long slumbers of the evening and morning." 

The most illustrious personages of the state were crowded into a 
dark and sultry anti-chamber, and when at last, after tedious attend- 
ance (or waiting) they were admitted to h'ss the feet of Theodora, 
they experienced, as her humor might suggest, the silent arrogance 
of an empress, or the capricious levity of a comedian. Her rapa- 
cious avarice to accumulate an immense treasure, may be excused 
hi/ the appreheiision of her husband's death, which could leave no 
alternative between ruin and the throne. But the reproach of 
cruelty, so repugnant even to her softer vices, has left an indelible 
stain on the memory of Theodora. Her numsrous spies observed 
and zealously reported every action or tvord or look injurious to their 
royal mistress. Whosoever they accused were cast into her peculiar 
prisons inaccessible to the incpdries of Justice, and it was rumored 
that the torture of the rack or scourge had been inflicted in the p)res- 
ence of a female tyrant insensible to the voice of prayer or pity. 

"■The senator or bishop Avhose death or exile Theodora had pro- 
nounced, was delivered to a trusty messenger, and his diligence was 
quickened by a menace from her own mouth. 'If you fail in the 
execution of my commands, I swear by him who liveth forever, that 
your skin shall be flayed from your body.' In the twenty-fourth 
year of her marriage and twenty-second of her reign, she died of 
cancer." (The italics are ours.) 

But we must call attention to the occurrence of the French revo- 
lution in the same year that this nation began its existence (1789), 
showing the beginning of the fulfillment of the declaration in Danieb 



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7th chapter, 26th verse. "5m/ the jiidg7nent shall sit, and they 
shall take away his dominion, to consume and destroy it unto the 
etid." This revokition was a terrible blow to the Papacy. The 
Rev. Ashbel Green (see his life, page 31), while comparing the origin 
and conduct of the French and American revolution, says of the 
latter. "An irruption took place of the most ferocious and infer- 
nal passions that human nature has ever exhibited. The leaders of 
this revolution, with no exception known to me, were destitute of 
every thing like religion or genuine morality. They talked indeed 
of morality, but openly professed to abhor religion, unless after the 
extermination of every semblance of Christianity, the Avorship of a 
harlot, in the guise of the goddess of reason, might be called their 
religion. Many of the leaders, as every body knows, were avowed 
atheists. Their priests were sacrificed by hccato^nbs." 

Another epoch in the rise of Roman Catholicism, and which has 
been more generally accepted by expositors, is based on the decree of 
the emperor Phocas in the year 606, constituting the pope of Rome 
Boniface III. — universal bisliop. Of this emperor we give a brief 
account. 

In the year 602 (A. D.) Phocas was raised from the rank of cen- 
turion to the throne of the empire. Gibbon (volume 3, page 225) 
says : "The pencil of an impartial historian his delineated the por- 
trait of a monster ; his diminutive and deformed person, the close- 
ness of his shaggy eyebrows, his red hair, his beardless chin, and 
his cheek disfigured and discolored by a formidable scar. Ignorant 
of letters, of laws, and even of arms, he indulged in the supreme 
rank a more ample privilege of lust and drunkenness, and his brutal 
pleasures were either injurious to his subjects or disgraceful to him- 
self." After recounting the slaughter of his predecessor, Maurice, 
and his wife and nine children, he continues; "After such an ex- 
ample it would be superfluous to mention meaner victims. Their 



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condemnation was seldom preceded by the forms of trial, and their 
punishments were embittered by the refinements of cruelty. Their 
eyes were pierced, their tongues were torn from the root, their hands 
and feet were amputated ; some expired under the lash, others in 
the flames, others were transfixed with arrows. The companions of 
Phocas were the most sensible, that neither his favor, nor their ser- 
vices, could protect them from a tyrant, the worthy rival of the 
Caligulas and Domitians of the first age of the empire." 

H. H. Milman, D.D., in his history of Latin Christianity (volume 
2, page 264) says "The brief pontificate of Boniface III. (from 
606 to 607,) is marked by the assumption of that awful title before 
which Christendom bowed for so many centuries, that of universal 
bishop," * * * "Neither the motive of the donor of this mag- 
nificent privilege, nor the donor himself, commend this gift. It 
was the tyrant Phocas who hated the patriarch of Constantinople for 
his humanity in protecting, as far as he had power, the widow and 
the three helpless daughters of the murdered emperor, Maurice, 
from his vengeance ; and this hatred of the patriarch of Constanti- 
nople, rather than the higher respect for the bishop of Rome, still 
less any mature deliberation on the justice of their respective claims, 
awarded the superiority to the old Rome." 

It has been the expressed expectation of expositors that, in the 
year 1866 (606 + 1260), events would occur that would materially 
hasten the downfall of the Papacy. Let us examine the record for 
that year, to see how far those expectations have been realized. 
Prominent among the occurrences of that year is that of the war 
between Prussia and Austria. 

The Edinburgh Review (volume 132, page 586) says: "Never 
was there a war shorter than that of 1866 ; but its consequences 
were immense. It restored the national existence of Germany, and 



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brought within view its complete consolidation. It consummated the 
national unity of Italy. It put an end to all possibility of refusing 
the demands of Hungary. 

As part of the Hungarian arrangement, it secured free govern- 
ment for the whole Austrian empire. And, lastly/, in thus restoring 
the power of utterance and action to that country, it shattered the 
fabric of Ultraniontanism which had been built up by the Con- 
cordat of 1855." 

"It is indeed wonderful to reflect that only seven years have 
elapsed since Austria appeared to be on the point of establishing an 
absolute supremacy for herself in Germany, by introducing into the 
confederation the whole of her non-Germanic population. How 
well for Europe that she has escaped that ill-omened and ill-con- 
ceived consummation ! Singularly contrasted with the fortunes of 
her southern sister (Austria), have been those of Prussia. In 1865 
her population was 20,000,000; it is now over 30,000,000, besides 
8,000,000 inhabitants of the South German States whose sympa- 
thies are with the German nation." 

Not only was the Papacy seriously weakened by the humiliation 
and weakening of Austria, and the "consummation of the national 
unity of Italy," but the significance of this struggle of 1866 in 
the increase of power which it developed, or brought to Germany, 
is manifest in the use of it made since then, in the still farther 
weakening the support of the Papacy by the overthrow of Napoleon 
III., 'The Son of the Church,' between the 5th of August and the 
5th of September, 1870." Referring to the effect of this struggle 
betAveen Prussia and France directly upon the papal temporal power, 
the same writer (page 285) says: "France, as was natural, found 
it needful, on the outbreak of the war, to withdraw her troops from 
Rome; the decrepit structure of the Pope's civil government, on 
the removal of its prop, immmediately began to totter." 



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"We may now pronounce it level with the ground; there seems 
to be scarcely a hope or a fear of its restoration, and possibly the 
day may come when it may be generally believed that the downfall 
of the temporal power of the popedom has, in its ulterior results, 
been the greatest and most fruitful among all the great and fruitful 
consequences of the war," 

We have referred to the rise of Roman Catholicism as gradually 
accomplished, yet marked by dates of unusual success in its estab- 
lishment. In a similar manner the "kingdom is set up which is 
eventually to supercede it." 

From the glorious times of Justinian, when first by his code (in 
529) the Papacy was declared to be the religion of the empire, we 
have seen that the measure of 1260 years brings us to the establish- 
ment of this republic. The application of the same measurement 
to the date of 606, should likewise bring us to an epoch of success, or 
advancement in the history of this nation. What then do we find 
in the record for 1866 ? 

The great Avar which was began and continued in the interest of 
slaveholders, is closed by their surrender in 1865 ; and slavery, by 
the amendment to the national constitution, declared (December 
18th, 1865,) abolished, and thus are four or five millions of human 
beings liberated, and with the blighting effects of the practice upon 
its moral sense and republican spirit, and its peace and unity, our 
country is no longer to be cursed. Immeasureably has this nation 
risen in its self-respect, and in the respect of other nations, by the 
abolition of slavery. This "setting up" of this government by 
still further improvements in its statutes and administration, will 
undoubtedly continue until it reaches that perfection of government 
which "is a terror to all evil doers, and for the praise of those who 
do well." 



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In Daniel, 7th chapter, 18th verse, it is predicted that "^Ae saints 
of the Most High shall take the kingdom^ and possess the kingdom 
for ever, even for ever and ever." 

Evidently the kingdom referred to here is the same as that in 
the 14th verse, which is given to "one like the Son of Man." The 
reader will notice the expression, "shall take the kingdom." Barnes 
says: "The word rendered sam^s means the holy, and the refer- 
ence is undoubtedly to the people of God on the earth, meaning 
here that they would take possession of the kingdom, or that they 
would rule." Christians are repeatedly called "saints" in the New 
Testament, and only those who, in modern times, fill, in their belief 
and practice, the Bible description of saints can be prophesied of 
above as taking the kingdom. 

These persons must also be identified by their being under the 
persecuting power of whatever is meant by the "little horn," and 
for the time specified as "a time, times, and the dividing of time," 
by which is meant, we confidently aifirm, the Papacy, for 1260 
years. Now, it is a plain record of history that this country was 
settled by the very persons whom the Papacy persecuted, and most 
of them came here to escape such persecution. Certainly those 
cannot be included among the saints who are persecutors of the 
saints. 

At the close of the American Revolution (1784) there were 1,415 
Protestant ministers and 1,888 churches, and 26 Roman Catholic 
priests and 52 churches. 

We will now consider some of the apparent difficulties in the 
text which our interpretation requires to be removed or rather recon- 
ciled, but would here again remind the reader that the order of 
the events here given — and their separation by the specified time — 
as stated, must not be lost sight of, for, as each of these visions— 



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that of the image of the 2d chapter, and the other vision of the four 
beasts, in the 7th chapter — is complete in itself, we cannot go out- 
side of it, or of the two as referring to the same events, for any 
modification of the statements they contain. It is just as evident 
as language can state it, that the kingdom here spoken of has no 
organized existence "until" after the duration (for a time, times, 
and dividing of time,) of the '■'■little ho7-n." We have seen that the 
"little horn" cannot have a distinct appearance until ^^ after" the 
ten horns arose, which thus effectually throws forward from the 
Christian era, or birth or ministry of Christ, the rise of the little 
horn to a later date than A. D. 526. Therefore this kingdom can- 
not be interpreted to mean the spiritual kingdom set up by our 
Savior during his ministry and the labors of his apostles. 

That a spiritual kingdom was referred to in both these visions, 
seems to have been assumed by expositors, because God is stated to 
be so directly concerned or acting in its '■^setting up" as in the 
2d chapter, 44th verse, ^^ shall t fie Grod of heaven set up a king- 
dom," losing sight of such expressions as that contained in the same 
chapter, 37th verse, 'Hhe Crod of heaven hath given thee (Nebu- 
chadnezzar) a kingdom," which is the same substantial expression as 
that in the 7th chapter, 27th verse, '■'■the kingdom, ^-c, shall he 
given to the people of the saints" 

Likewise is "dominion " given to the third beast, or Macedonian 
empire. Also see Daniel 4th chapter, 17th verse, ^^the Most High 
rideth in the kingdoyn of men., and giveth it to whomsoever He ivill, 
and setteth up over it the basest (most humble or lowly,) of men." 
But as the kingdom which is mentioned in the 7th chapter, or vision 
of the four beasts, as being given to (13th and lltli verses) one like 
the Son of Man, and (verses 18th, 22d and 27th) to the saints, is 
no doubt the same kingdom as that mentioned in the 2d chapter, or 
vision of the Great Image, we will examine the language concern- 



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ing it, to see what it contains, that woukl suggest, or support, the 
interpretation that a spiritual kingdom is referred to. In the 2d 
chapter and 44th and 45th verses, the text reads, ''And in the days 
of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall 
never he destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, 
hut it shall hreak in pieces and consimie all these kingdotns, and it 
shall stand for ever.'" (45th verse.) ^'■For as much as thou saw est 
that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that 
it brake iri pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the 
gold.'' Here "a kingdom" is said to be ''set up" by the Crod of 
heaven, and the symbol of it in the vision is the '■^ stone cut out of 
the mountain without hands." The expression, ^^ without hands," 
has no doubt had very much to do with fixing the interpretation to a 
spiritual kingdom. That a stone should be cut out of a mountain, and 
move off" towards and strike the image, without any source of power 
to do so being seen to act on it, has been understood as distinctly 
referring to a kingdom as set up without human "hands" or 
"human concurrence," and consequently that it referred to Christ's 
spiritual kingdom. Without going into an extended review of ex- 
positors' views on the translation of the expression, '■'■without 
hands," we will give the authority for saying that it simply means 
that the stone, in its cutting out and motion towards the Image, is 
self-moved. See Barnes' note on 2d chapter, 34th verse: "The 
stone appeared to be self-moved." "It became detached from the 
mountain, and, as if instinct with life, struck the image and demol- 
ished it." "The stone was seen to be self detached from the 
mountain." Another Hebrew scholar gives the same exposition of 
"without hands," that it implies self-motion to the stone in its cut- 
ting out and striking the image. 

We will now turn to the significance of the expression, "moun- 
tain " from which the stone was cut. Notwithstanding the opinions 
of some expositors that there is no special significance to be attached 
to this expression, yet others have felt that there must be some rela- 
tion between the mountain and the stone which was cut from it, and 
have thus interpreted it. Some have thought that the mountain 
meant the Roman empire, out of which the gospel church was 

taken; Augustine supposed it to mean the Jewish nation; others 
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supposed it to mean the mountainous country of Judea in which 
Christ was born, or to the tomb from which Christ sprang to life 
and victory. These are evidences of belief in a connection between 
the two, the stone and mountain. We think that an unprejudiced 
view of these symbols — stone and mountain — ayouM justly infer the 
following characters and relationships. First, then, as to the stone, 
it is evidently of the same general chai'acter or kind as the moun- 
tain, whatever the mountain may be ; it is not stated that the stone 
is even of one material or kind of rock, and the mountain of another 
kind. This is well brought out in the way it is stated as being de- 
tached, it being cut out, or as Barnes expresses it (notes on Daniel, 
page 158), cut from the Parent Rock. So close, indeed, is this 
identity of the stone and mountain, that it may almost, if not alto- 
gether, in truth be said that the stone is not a separate stone until it 
is cut out. 

Even while it is being detached the stone exhibits inherent pow- 
er, which is further shown in its actions and developments. We 
feel justified then in the inference, that — the stone and mountain 
being identical — the mountain also represents poiver, for the stone 
is but a part of it. We might go further in commenting on the 
symbols in this respect, but we might thereby appear to refine on 
them ; our purpose must be accomplished without any straining. 
That the expression, "mountain," is used to denote a nation, there 
are several instances in the Bible. (In Jeremiah 51st chap., 25th 
verse) "•Behold I am against thee destroying mountain, saith the 
Lord, which destroyed all the earth;" thus speaking of Babylon 
and the inhabitants of Chaldea or the Babylonian empire. Also, 
in Revelation 8th chapter, 8th and 9th verses. 

The reader has perhaps already surmised the application we pro- 
pose to make of these symbols. The '■^mountain'' is the British 
Nation, and the stone is the combined thirteen colonies cutting loose 
from it, by their oum power (self-acting) becoming independent. 
The identity of language and usages, of opinions and practices of 
civil government, of the colonies and the mother country ("parent 
rock") is known to all. This republic was a part of the British 
nation; identified with it in almost every respect, and even until 
the very year 1776 hoping to be reconciled to, and remain a part of it. 



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That the British nation is well represented by a "mountain" — 
as being a great and even dominant power, at the time the stone 
was being cut out — or the colonies declared and fought for their 
independence, is well sustained by the records of Britain's power in 
those years. In August, 1776, Vergennes urging the king of 
France to war against England, speaks of the latter as "arrogating 
the exclusive empire over the seas," of "the tyranny of the Eng- 
lish in all parts of the globe." (Bancroft's History of the United 
States, vol. 9, pages 65 and 6S and on page 70.) — "A large part of 
the nobility of France panted for an opportunity to tame the haugh- 
tiness of England, which, as they said to one another, after having 
crowned itself with laurels, and grown rich by conquests, and mas- 
tered all the seas, and insulted every nation, noAv turned its insatia- 
ble pride against its own colonies." Of the colonies he says: — 
"Thirteen states had risen up, free from foreign influence, to create 
their own civil institutions, and join together as one." 

Their population being about three millions. In all resources 
a ^^stone" indeed, compared with the mountain mother country. 

With reference to the difficulty of applying the terms, "everlast- 
ing," "forever and ever," &c., to a civil government, we will give 
"Barnes" opinion expressed in his note on verse 18th, of the 
seventh chapter. Speaking of the time when "-the saints of the 
Most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, 
even forever and ever.'' he says when all offices shall be in the hands 
of good men, then this prediction will be accomplished in respect 
to all that is fairly implied in it. Referring to its duration, he says: 
"What is here affirmed will be true if such a reign should continue 
on earth to the winding up of all things. * * * * 

It is not necessary to interpret this as meaning that there Avould be 
literally an eternal kingdom on this earth." 

Similar expressions, evidently signifying a period limited by the 
duration of the world, occur elsewhere; as in Genesis, 13th chap. 
15th verse, Grod says to Abram: ''For all the land which thou 
seest, to thee loill I give it, and to thy seed forever ;'' and in Gene- 
sis 17th chap., 18th verse, '' I ^v ill give unto thee and to thy seed 
after thee, all the land of Canaan /or an everlasting possessison." 

Another reason for referring these symbols and statements to a 



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spiritual kingdom, is that this kingdom is said to be given to "owe 
like the Son of Man." "He has said" (Luke, 18th chapter, 36th 
verse): "Ji^/ hingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of 
this world, then u'oidd my servants fight, that I shall not he delivered 
to the Jews: hut noiv is my kingdom not from hence." Again in 
Matthew, 18th chapter, 3d verse: " Verily I say unto you: except 
ye he converted and hecome as little children, ye shall not enter into 
the kingdom of heaven." 

But we need not multiply references. These expressions, taken 
either alone, or in connection with the failure of the Jews to receive 
a temporal kingdom, has fixed the interpretation of the statements 
concerning the "kingdom of God," kingdom of heaven, &c., to a 
spiritual sense. 

And yet the statement concerning our Savior as a leader of actual 
armies, and as obtaining victories in this manner — by the blood shed 
and loss of life — over the enemies of His cause and people, are just as 
decided, and perhaps as numerous, as those which undoubtedly refer 
to spiritual victories. Any one who does not propose to adopt that 
exceedingly mistaken rule of interpretation which hunts for a spir- 
itual meaning as the primary one for every passage, cannot but be 
convinced that the Messiah is not only the Prince of Peace, but a 
"man of war." That His garments are stained not only with his 
own blood for the atonement of the people, but also with the blood 
of his enemies. 

Let the reader turn to the 63d chapter of Isaiah, and in the 1st 
to the 6th verse, inclusive, he will find the other character — that of a 
'•'■man of war" — given to the Savior: 

1. Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from 
Bozrah ? this that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the great- 
ness of his strength ? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. 

2. Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments 
like him that treadeth in wine-fat ? 

3. I have trodden the wine-press alone ; and of the people there 
was none with me ; for I will tread them in mine anger, and tram- 
ple them in my fury ; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my 
garments, and I will stain all my raiment. 

4. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart and the year of my 
redeemed is come. 

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that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought 
salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. 

6. And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make 
them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to 
the earth. 

On this passage Scott remarks: "These verses contain a pro- 
phetical representation of the victories of Christ over the enemies 
of His church; for of Him the passage must be interpreted, nor 
can so much as an accommodation of it to any other be admitted. 
But it is remarkable that many have understood it of the sufferings 
of Christ and of his being covered with His own blood, though 
nothing can be more evident than that He is represented by the 
prophet as covered with the blood of His enemies, and as a mighty 
conqueror and avenger, and not as a Lamb slain for the sacrifice." 
Also the same character and office is plainly stated to be the Sav- 
ior's in Revelation, 19th chapter, 11th to 21st verse, "m righteous- 
ness doth he judge and make war.'' '■'•And I saw the beast, and the 
kings of the earth and their armies, gathered together to make war 
against him that sat on the horse, and against his army." 

^'■And the Beast was taken," <fe. 

'"'■And the remiiant -were slain with the sword of him that sat upon 
the horse, which sivord proceeded out of his mouth; and all the fowls 
were filled with their jiesh." 

That a civil kingdom is here said to be given to one like the Son 
of Man, we infer from the repeated statements that Jesus is the 
antitype of Moses (Deuteronomy, 18th chapter, 15th verse). "The 
Lord thy God will raise up unto the a Prophet from the midst of 
thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;'' 
(and 18th verse,) "I will raise them up a Prophet from among their 
brethren, like unto thee; " and I will put my words in his mouth: 
and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him." (19th 
verse.) "And it shall come to pass that whosoever will not hearken 
unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it 
of him." 

(Acts, 3d chapter, 22d verse.) "For Moses truly said unto the 
fathers, a Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of 
your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatso- 
ever he shall say unto you." We cannot occupy time enough to 



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enumerate all the resemblances of Christ to Moses, which were a 
fulfillment of the words '■'■Like unto me.'' (See Scott's notes.) 
Both these illustrious persons were born under persecuting tyrants 
(Pharoah and Herod,) who destroyed infants, and from whom both 
were wonderfully preserved amidst the general slaughter. Moses 
rejected the crown of Egypt, and Jesus refused the dominion of all 
the "kingdoms of the world and the glory of them," both prefer- 
ring "a poor, despised life." Both were opposed by those very per- 
sons for whose sake they thus impoverished themselves, yet in the 
appointed time and manner each accomplished the redemption of his 
people. Both are meek and patient above their fellow men. Each 
united in himself the offices of Prophet, Priest and King. The 
transfiguration of Jesus on the mount reminds us of the manner 
that Moses' face shone when he came down from the mount. But 
the resemblance is perhaps most striking as seen in their characters 
and offices as mediators. Both were commissioned in the hearing 
of the people by God to speak for him ; through the intercession of 
each, their respective followers are the recipients of special favors, 
and are not dealt with as their offenses deserve. On more than one 
occasion Moses stood between the Israelites and the anger of God, — 
and so did Jesus even take the punishment which else had been suf- 
fered by all His followers, and '"he ever liveth to intercede for us." 
Moses was a prophet: foretold what would occur to the different 
tribes of Israel. Jesus also, during His lifetime on the earth, de- 
livered many prophecies, and has dictated others to the writers of 
the epistles, and formed the book of Revelation almost wholly of 
them. But we wish specially to call attention to the necessity 
which that comprehensive expression, '■''Like unto me," lays upon 
Jesus to be to His people a civil ruJer and a law giver. That as 
Moses led his Hebrew brethren out of Egypt to the land of Canaan, 
and gave them a civil constitution and laws, so has Jesus brought 
His people out of the power and territory of mystical Egypt, and 
established them in this land of America, and has presided over the 
making of our constitution and laws, and has been, and is, modify- 
ing them through the action of this people, according to the in- 
creased sense of justice and wisdom He furnishes them. So, step 
by step, are they being led to adopt His requirements as the safest 



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maxims of political economy, in use of which, the largest liberty- 
consistent with the public welfare, is enjoyed by each person. Tak- 
ing the United States constitution, and all our other declarations 
concerning the rights of men, and comparing them with those that 
were given by Moses to the Hebrews, it is found that they are sub- 
stantially the same. 

On these resemblances, or rather identities, we quote the remarks 
of Rev. E. 0. Wines on Laws of the Ancient Hebrews (page 487). 
He says: "The political equality of the Hebrew people, without 
either nobles or peasants, properly so called, was a fundamental prin- 
ciple of the Mosaic constitution. This could not but give the State 
a strong democratic tendency. Nor is it a matter of suprise that 
on this foundation Moses established a commonwealth, rather than 
a monarchy." On this point there is scarcely a dissenting voice 
among all the learned men who have written upon these (Mosaic) 
institutions. Mr. Home does but echo the general opinion, when 
he says that "the form of the Hebrew republic was unquestionably 
democratical." 

(Page 490) "Each of the Israelitish tribe formed a separate state, 
having a local legislature, and a distinct administration of justice. 
The power of the several states was sovereign within the limits of 
their reserved rights. Still there was both a real and vigorous 
general government. The nation might have been styled the united 
tribes, provinces, or states, of Israel. 

"There were four departments of the Hebrew government, viz.: 
The Chief Magistrate, the Senate of Princes, the Congregation of 
Israel, (which was the popular branch of the government) and the 
Oracle of Jehovah. 

"The Chief Magistracy (page 541) was elective. The oracle, the 
high priest, and all the congregation, are distinctly recorded to 
have concurred in the elevation of Joshua to this office, (Numbers, 
28th chap., 19-22). Jephthah was chosen to the chief magistracy 
by the popular voice, (Judges, 11 chap., 4-11) Samuel was elected 
regent in a general assembly of Israel, (1st Samuel, 7th chap., 5-8). 
And for aught that appears, the other judges were raised to this 
office by the free, unsolicited choice of the people." Of the senate 
he says, (page 580): "The law for the Hebrew constitution insti- 



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tutes a great national council, or senate, composed, not of priests, 
but of civilians ; not of men belonging to privileged classes, or pos- 
sessing vast estates, but of men wise, prudent, able, of good repute, 
fearing God, and already skilled in affairs of state; not politicians 
merely, but statesmen, sages,' patriots. 

"Still, it must be borne in mind that tlie senate (page 582) was 
not the government; it was only a constitutional part of the gov- 
ernment. It was but the council of the nation ; the head, as it 
were, of the general diet. In all important questions, its decisions 
were to be submitted to the congregation (or popular assembly), 
which, by its approbation, enacted them into laws." 

Of the popular branch of the government he says, (page 588): 
" It is an undoubted fact, that there was a popular branch in the 
Hebrew government. This body was called by different titles, as 
the congregation, the congregation of Israel, all the assembly, all 
the children of Israel, &c.. (page 589). The Hebrew people never 
voted as a pure democracy, but always, in the wilderness as well as 
after their settlement in Canaan, they voted by known and author- 
ized representatives." (Page 591) He then gives a few instances, 
chosen out of many, to illustrate the powers confided to this depart- 
ment of government: "We shall find them broad and comprehen- 
sive, extending to the election of magistrates, the management of 
foreign relations, the adjudication of civil and criminal causes, and 
the care of ecclesiastical affairs." 

Of the Oracle of Jehovah he says, (page 599): "The last re- 
sort both in civil and criminal cases, especially when new and diffi- 
cult questions were involved, was in the oracle, and not in the 
opinion of the high priest alone, nor of the judge alone, nor of 
both conjointly with the senate and congregation, unless they were 
fully agreed;" and he quotes (page 608) Lowman, thus: — "The 
oracle was to be consulted by the high priest on great occasions, 
that no rash resolution of the people, senate, or judge, might be 
brought into execution, in cases of moment and difficulty; but they 
were to ask counsel of God, by his oracle. This wjis a wise pro- 
vision, to preserve a continual sense in the Hebrew nation of the 
principals of their constitution, to keep them from idolatry and to 
the worship of the one true God, as their immediate protector ; and 



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that their security and prosperity depended upon adhering to his 
counsels and commands." 

Of this feature of the Hebrew government (the oracle) I have to 
say, that it is in our Republic well represented by the appeals of 
all christian ministers and laymen to God, for his guidance in cir- 
cumstances requii^ing the highest wisdom, and his protection when 
danger threatens, and human help seems hopeless. In his conclud- 
remarks, Wines (page 633) says: "The Hebrew constitution, in its 
substance and its forms, in its letter and its spirit, was eminently 
republican * * * * j^ j^j^^j ^Igo important and striking analo- 
gies with our own (U. S.) constitution." 

Whoever attentively considers the Hebrew and American consti- 
tutions, cannot but be impressed with the resemblances between 
them. Their fundamental principles are identical ; and many of the 
details of organization are the same or similar. Referring to the 
doubts which some entertain concerning the endurance of our 
(American) institutions, he (Wines) says: "For myself I have no 
such fears. My faith in our institutions has been strengthened by 
my study of the Hebrew constitution. / have seen witli surprise 
and delight, that the essential principles of our constitution are 
identical with those of a political system ivhich emanated from a 
superhuman wisdom, and was established by the authority of the 
supreme ruler of the world. I accept this knowledge as a pledge 
that these principles are destined, in the good providence of God, to 
a universal triumph." 

In connection with the statement of the identities of the Hebrew 
and United States governments, we desire to place some others, 
which, if for no other purpose, it seems were intended to assist in 
confirming the belief that both the Hebrew and U. S. institutions, 
people and territories, were included in the thoughts, and, therefore, 
in the application of the language of those who spoke to the Isra- 
elites. 

Striking among these coincidences is the number of distinct divis- 
ions into which the people of both nations were divided. On page 
39 we have quoted Rev. E. C. Wines thus: "Each of the Israel- 
itish tribes termed a separate state, having a local legislature and a 
distinct administration of justice. The power of the several states 



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was sovereign within tlie limits of their reserved rights, still there was 
both a real and a vigorous general government. The nation might 
have been styled the united tribes, provinces, or states of Israel." 
Let the reader now refer to any map of Palestine or Canaan, showing 
its divisions when settled. They will be found to be thirteen. Of 
the twelve children of Jacob (from whom the tribes were descended 
and named), one — Levi — being a tribe of priests, did not receive 
any territory such as was given to the others; another — Joseph — 
received one for each of his children, Ephraim and Manasseh. 
This brings the number to twelve; but Manasseh's descendants di- 
vided themselves into two parts or halves, and each part obtained a 
separate tract, which tracts were separated by the tracts of three 
others being between them, so that they must have acted indepen- 
dently of each other in their local regulations or governments. This 
division of the tribe of Manasseh into two parts, brings the number 
to thirteen. 

It will be remembered that two of the thirteen original colonies 
or states of this nation were colonized under one charter, or rather 
the colony was divided after its original charter was granted ; we 
refer to the Carolinas. "In 1663 King Charles granted to eight of 
his friends an immense territory, and gave it the name of Carolina." 
"Their political partition into North and South Carolina did no^ 
occur until 1729." 

Many of the statements concerning the land of Canaan are 
equally applicable to the United States, thus, it is also '"aw exceed- 
ing good land,'' "'a land ivhich flows with milk and honey.'" "He 
made him (Jacob or the Israelites,) to ride on the high places of the 
earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields, and made him to 
suck honey out of the rocks; and oil out of the flinty rock'' (Deut. 
32:13). Much honey was found by the Israelites laid up among 
the rocks and in the hollow trees of Palestine. 

The settlers of the United States found much honey stored in 
hollow trees. Many persons now living remember being present at 
the cutting down of the "Bee Tree." Our woods furnish great quan- 
tities of sugar from the sap of the rock maple; a certain authority 
states the probable amount of which, in 1864, was 30,000 tons. 

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called maple honey. Of the cane sugar we need hardly speak. 
The production for 1860 is given at 415,281 tons. Refined mo- 
lasses 60,000 hogsheads, equal to 13,392 tons more, or 426,673 
tons in all. 

United States citizens consume more sugar per head than any 
others, being 31 pounds each, while those of Great Britain use 28^ 
pounds, and France 9 pounds, per head. So much we state to show 
that in tlie item of sweets, represented by honey, the language is 
applicable to this country. 

Again, take the item of oil. This, in Palestine, was important 
both as food and light, furnished by the olive. True, in this coun- 
try, the olive has not been cultivated, but the soil and climate, in a 
large proportion of its territory, are well adapted to its growth. 
But nevertheless we have abundance of oil, and that, too, literally 
"sucked" (pumped) out of the flinty rock." 

We turn now to the item of iron. In Deuteromony 8 : 8, Canaan 
is said to be a "land whose stones are iron." What a complete ful- 
fillment of the language we find in tliis country ! Not only is it 
abundant and widely diffused, but of superior quality, especially 
strength. 

Our land contains vast quantities of copper, in accordance with 
the description of Canaan, "out of whose hills thou mayest dig 
brass" (copper). 

The destiny of the United States, as stated in the interpretation 
of the symbols, is " to become a great mountain and fill the whole 
earth." This room for enlargement, or occupancy, is to be obtained 
through the destruction of the civil governments which constitute 
the "image," tlie "stone" evidently taking the territory and power 
of the image. A conflict between the stone and image is plainly 
indicated, " it mnote the image upon his feet that ivere of iron and 
clay, and brake them to pieces" (2(1 chapter, 34th verse). 

To say that this nation will be instrumental, by example, or influ- 
ence merely, in the changing of European governments into repub- 
lican, we cannot think is sufficient to satisfy the expectations raised 
by this language, that material force is here predicted as being exer- 
cised against the image as a material resistance. See Barnes' notes 
on Daniel, page 155. He says, "the language here would seem to 



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imply some violent action ; some positive crushing force ; something 
like that which occurs in conquests when nations are subdued." 
"Would it not appear from this that the kingdom here represented 
was to make its way by conquests in the same manner as the other 
kingdoms, rather than by a silent and powerful influence?" And 
then, after the endeavor to show (with what success the reader can 
judge,) that physical force is not necessarily intended, he says, "But 
this language is in accordance with that which is commonly used in 
the predictions respecting the kingdom of the Messiah — language 
which is descriptive of the existence of potver in subduing the na- 
tions, and bringing the opposing kingdoms of the world to an end." 
Thus in Psalm 2d, 9th verse, " Thou shalt break them with a rod of 
iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel." Isaiah, 
40 chapter, 12th verse, "For the nation and kingdom that will not 
serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted." 
We ask, " how can such language (including that spoken concerning 
the "stone,") be accommodated to a conquest hj principles alone f 
The writers of the Bible have more befitting language for expressing 
conquests by immaterial forces. 

If ynaterial forces had been meant, the language is well fitted to 
convey such an impression. Powerful principles are undoubtedly at 
work ; their untrammelled action ; their unqualified acceptance as the 
only proper basis on which and by which to erect and conduct civil 
governments, is being, and will more stubbornly be insisted on, at 
any cost of war, until those who will not accede to them will become 
as the chaff of the summer threshing floor. 

A conflict with one or more of the Europeran powers (forming part 
of the feet of the image) may arise in one of several ways. Our 
honor as a nation may become at stake ; more especially in connec- 
tion with the protection of the lives of American citizens. 

Americans may yet be forcibly reminded, that their nation stands 
alone in a world filled Avith oppressive governments ; reminded that 
among those professing friendship for the United States, among the 
crowned heads of Europe, there are many who will be arrayed 
against us in bitter hostility, in defense of their "Divine rights." 

Every decade hastens that period, beyond which the non-republi- 
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A combination of the governments which occupy the whole terri- 
tory represented by the image — reaching from the Persian gulf to 
the Atlantic — seems to be plainly indicated. 

That territory is now occupied by the remains of the several pow- 
ers symbolized by the four metals, and the four beasts. Sir Isaac 
Newton says: "All the four beasts are still alive, though the do- 
minion of the three first be taken away. The nations of Chaldea 
and Assyria, are still the first beast. Those of Media and Persia 
are still the second beast. Those of Macedonia, Greece, Thrace, 
Asia Minor, Syria, and Egypt are still the third ; and those of Eu- 
rope, on this (west) side of Greece, are still the fourth." Who will 
say that when republicanism becomes dangerously powerful on the 
continent of Europe, that the governments occupying the above ter- 
ritory will not join forces against it? and when they do thus com- 
bine, how long could liberal ideas retain the power of expression 
and practice in Europe, and when crushed out there (as the writer 
feels he has basis for stating that it will be for a short time) is it in 
accordance with precedent and the animus of absolutism, to suppose 
that a strong effort will not be made to crush this republic ? True, 
the effort, however powerful, will fail. This "kingdom shall stand," 
not only, but it will yet dictate, or support republicanism in Europe. 



DANIEL. 

CHAPTER II. 

81. ^ Thou, king, sawest, and behold a great image. This 
great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and 
the form thereof was terrible. 

32. This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms 
of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass. 

33. His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. 

34. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, 
which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and 
brake them to pieces. 

35. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the 
gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the 
summer threshing-floors ; and the wind carried them away, that no 
place was found for them : and the stone that smote the image be- 
came a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. 



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36. ^ This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation 
thereof before the king. 

37. Thou, king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven 
hath given thee a kingdom, poAver, and strength, and glory. 

38. And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of 
the field, and the fowls of the heaven, hath he given into thine 
hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head 
of gold. 

39. And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, 
and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all 
the earth. 

40. And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch 
as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all tilings; and as iron that 
breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. 

41. And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potter's 
clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall 
be in it of the strength of the iron forasmuch as thou sawest the 
iron mixed with miry clay. 

42. And as the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of 
clay, .so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. 

43. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they 
shall mingle themselves with the seed of men : but they shall not 
cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. 

44. And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set 
up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed ; and the kingdom 
shall not be left to other people, hut it shall break in pieces and con- 
sume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 

45. Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the 
mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the 
brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold ; the great God hath made 
known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream 
is certain, and the interpretati(m thereof sure. 

46. \ Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and 
worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an obla- 
tion and sweet odours unto him. 

47. The king answered unto Daniel, and said. Of a truth it is, 
that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer 
of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret. 

48. Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him 
many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of 
Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of 
Babylon. 

49. Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, 
Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Baby- 
lon : but Daniel sat in the gate of the king. 



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CHAPTER VII. 

1. In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a 
dream, and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the 
dream, and told the sum of the matters. 

2. Daniel spake and said, I saw in my visions by night, and, be- 
hold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. 

3. And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from 
another. 

4. The first ivas like a lion, and had eagle's wings : I beheld till 
the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, 
and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's herrt was 
given to it. 

5. And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it 
raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it 
between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it. Arise, devour 
much flesh. 

6. After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, Avhich had 
upon the back of it four wings of a fowl : the beast had also four 
heads ; and dominion was given to it. 

7. After this I saw in the night-visions, and behold a fourth 
beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had 
great iron teeth ; it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the 
residue with the feet of it : and it vms diverse from all the beasts 
that were before it; and it had ten horns. 

8. I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among 
them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first 
horns plucked up by the roots : and, behold, in this horn tve7'e eyes 
like the eyes of man, and a mouth'speaking great things. 

9. ^ I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient 
of days did sit, whose garment was white .as snow, and the liair of 
his head like the pure wool : his throne was like the fiery flame, and 
his wheels as burning fire. 

10. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: 
thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times 
ten thousand stood before him : the judgment was set, and the books 
were opened. 

11. I beheld then, because of the voice of the great words 
which the horn spake ; I beheld, even till the beast was slain, and 
his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. 

12. As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their domin- 
ion taken away : yet their lives were prolonged for a season and 
time. 

13. I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, otie like the Son of 
man came Avith the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of 
days, and they brought him near before him. 



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14. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a king- 
dom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him : his 
dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, 
and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. 

15. ^ I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of mi/ 
body, and the visions of my head troubled me. 

16. I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him 
the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the inter- 
pretation of the things. 

17. These great beasts, which are four, aj-e four kings, which 
shall arise out of the earth. 

18. But the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom, 
and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. 

19. Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which 
was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth 
were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in 
pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet ; 

20. And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the 
other which came up, and before whom three fell ; even of that horn 
that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look 
was more stout than his fellows. 

21. I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and 
prevailed against them ; 

22. Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given 
to the saints of the Most High ; and the time came that the saints 
possessed the kingdom. 

23. Thus he said, The fourtli beast shall be the fourth kingdom 
upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall de- 
vour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. 

24. And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that 
shall arise : and another shall rise after them ; and he shall be diverse 
from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. 

25. And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and 
shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change 
times and laws : and they shall be given into his hand, until a time 
and times and the dividing of time. 

26. But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his 
dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. 

27. And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the 
kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the 
saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 
and all dominions shall serve and obey him. 

28. Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my 
cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: 
but I kept the matter in my heart. 



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